Rejected Then Recruited: Our Journey into Y Combinator (2018)

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by talhof8 • 3 years ago

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ftxbro• 3 years ago

"We greet, and just before my behind touched the seat Micheal Seibel said: "I just want to know, why did you Rick Roll us?" I had completely forgotten that the night before, for the video question of the application, I had pasted Rick Astley's famous "Never Gonna Give You Up" clip from YouTube. Why did I do that? With so little time to prepare, I didn't know what to put into the required video field. So Haya and I decided to go with some cheesy humor. I tried to explain this much, but the look on Michael's face said that he didn't buy it. So here I am, the asshole who got the chance of a lifetime and decided to blow it for a stupid joke. I felt like I gave the impression of that of an entitled "tech bro," something that couldn't be further from what I aspire to be in the world. Especially given that I came from such humble beginnings."

wow it really is like a vignette from the silicon valley show

Rejected Then Recruited: Our Journey into Y Combinator (2018)

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